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(No Model.)

G. FORD.

GATE.

Patented Aug. 2, 1892.

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GEORGE FORD, OF NEV HARMONY, INDIANA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,085, dated August 2, 1892. Application filed November 19,1891. Serial No. 412,390. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE FORD, residing at New Harmony, Posey county, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to gates, and particularly to that class thereof known as hand-lever openers.

The object of my invention is to provide certain improvements in this line whereby the gate may be opened and closed from one side by a single lever; and with this object in view my invention consists in the peculiar construction of the several parts and their novel combination or arrangement, all of which will be fully described and claimed.

In the drawings formingapart of this speci- Iication, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved gate. Fig. 2 is a detail side view of the hinge and adjacent parts. Fig. 3 is atop plan View of the same parts, and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a somewhat modified construction.

In carrying out my invention I employ a hinge-post A and a latch-post B, and to said postA is hinged the gate C, which is constructed, as usual, of the end bars c and panelbars c. A vertically-vibrating latch D, in the form of an elbow-lever, is pivoted to one of the panel-bars and operated in a manner hereinafter explained. A supplemental post A is arranged to the rear of the hinge-post A, and connecting the upper ends of said posts is a horizontal beam D', said beam projecting slightly forward beyond the hinge-post, as clearly shown. A block E is secured to the upper face of the beam D', upon the projecting end of the same, the rear face of said block being concaved or notched at e for the purpose of holding the gate in a normallyclosed position, while the forward face is convexed, as at e', for purposes explained farther on.

A Vertical pin E is secured in the block E, said pin projecting upward from said block and forming the pintle of the upper hinge. A longitudinal bar or beam F is secured to the rear upper end of the gate O and progects rearward over the block E and beam D', and said bar or beam F is provided with a longitudinal slot f, which receives the pin or pintle E', and thus forms the eye of the upper hinge.

The lower hinge of the gate consists of a hook or pintle G, secured in the hinge-post, and an eye G', secured in the end bar of the gate O, said hook and eye engaging each other, as shown, and the pintle G is so arranged that it is in vertical alignment with the pintle E.

A roller II is mounted upon the under side of the bar or beam F, said roller normally' resting in or engaging' the concavity ornotch e on the block E, holding the gate in a normallyclosed position and also maintaining it at the proper horizontal elevation.

A cross-beam K is secured to the horizontal beam D at right angles thereto, said beam K being adjacent to the rear end of the longitudinal bar or beam F and carrying guides or eyes 7e at its opposite ends. Levers L L are arranged at suitable distances on each side of the hinge-posts, the inner ends of said levers being connected with the rear end of the bar F by means of the cords M M, which pass through the guides kand are connected with said bar or beam. In practice I usually arrange an eye f upon the rear end of the bar F and pass the cords through said eye and connect them with a rod N, which connects with and operates the latch on the gate. By this means I connect the cords with the rear end of bar and also provide means for operating the latch preparatory to swinging the gate. The latch, however, may be dispensed with, if desired, and the operatingcords attached directly to the eye f as the roller resting in the concaved face of block E will hold the gate normally in a closed position. Any suitable form of keeper may be secured upon the latch-post in the path of the latch, whereby the gate is locked while in a closed position.

The operation of the various parts is as follows: Vhen the gate is closed, the latch will rest in its keeper and the roller or stop on the bar will rest in the concavity of the block E. By pulling down on either lever the cord attached to said lever is drawn taut, the latch lifted, and as the force acts upon the rear end of the bar or beam F the forward end of the gate is thrown away from thelatch-post. As the gate thus turns on its pivots the roller or IOO stop travels upon the concaved face ot' the block, and as it moves toward the rear corner of said face the forward end of the gate is gradually elevated. Then the roller or stop has turned the corner of the block, it continues to travel upon the convex side ol the same, the weight of the gate serving to complete the operation. The longitudinal slot in the bar F permits the forward end of the gate to be elevated and lowered, and, if necessary, the upper rear face of the end post may be cut away to prevent contact with the block E. 'Io close the gate, either lever may be operated, thus causing the roller or stop to travel upon the convex side until it turns the corner of the block, when the weight of the gate will cause said roller or stop to move into the coneavity, thus bringing the gate to its closed position. By the peculiar arrangement ofthe bar F, cross beam K, and attached guides the power is always transmitted at right angles to the end of bar, which is an important featurc, as the operations ot the gate are greatly facilitated. Instead of securing the block to the longitudinal beam D', the said block E may be secured directly to the hinge-post, and the bar F may be made in the form of an eye and screwed into the rear end post, as clearly shown in the modification.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Lett-ers Patent, is-

1. In a gate, the combination, with the hingepost, of the block connected therewith and having a concaved rear face, the hinge-piu secured therein, the gate, the longitudinal bar or beam rigidly attached to the gate and having a longitudinal slot, the friction-roller upon the under side of the bar or beam, the lower hinge, and the cords and levers connected with the bar or beam, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a gate, the combination, with the hingepost, of the block having a concaved rear face and convex forward face, the vertical hingepin inserted in said block, the gate having a rigid rearwardly-projecting bar slotted longitudinally and carryingaroller rear of said slot and upon the under side of said bar, and the cords connected with the bar rear of the roller, substantially as shown and described.

In a gate, the combination, with a hingepost, of a gate hinged thereto, the rigid rearwardly-projecting bar or beam slotted, as described, the vertical hinge-pin, the cross-beam connected with the hinge-post and arranged adjacent the rear end of the bar or beam, guides carried at the ends of the crossbea1n, the cords passed through said guides and connected with the bars or beams, and the lower hinge, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with the hinge and supplemental posts, of the beam connecting the same, the block having the concave rear face and convex forward face, the vertical hingepin, the gate, the slotted bar or beam rigid with the gate, the friction-roller attached to the under side of the bar or beam, the lower hinge, the cross-beam, guides, ropes, and levers, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

L. J. IIUNsDoN, HENRY lflUNsDoN. 

